NYT: Fears of environmental calamity from Fukushima disaster — Japan Nuclear Expert: It’s getting worse… People all over world need to be informed… first case in history where so much contaminated water flowing in ocean

New York Times, Aug 20, 2013: Three hundred tons of highly contaminated water has leaked from a storage tank at the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Japan’s Pacific coast, its operator said Tuesday, prompting regulators to declare a “radiological release incident” for the first time since disaster struck there in 2011 and adding new fears of environmental calamity.

Irish Times, Aug 21, 2013: The leaks have become a diplomatic issue: Japan’s neighbour South Korea again publicly expressed concern this week about the impact of the contamination on fishing stocks.

Reuters, Aug 21, 2013: That is a huge amount of radiation. The situation is getting worse,” said Michiaki Furukawa, who is professor emeritus at Nagoya University and a nuclear chemist. [...] A South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said Seoul had asked Japanese officials to explain what they were doing to stop contaminated water reaching the ocean and fishing grounds. “They also need to make the information available to the public, all over the world, given this is the first case in history where contaminated water from a nuclear plant is flowing into the ocean at this magnitude,” he said.

RTÉ News, Aug 20, 2013: “Tokyo Electric and the government must come up with ways to stop the leaks as well as to monitor and analyze how much and what sort of radiation is entering the ocean, as well as the affect it is having on fish and sea plants,” Mr Furukawa said.

60 comments to NYT: Fears of environmental calamity from Fukushima disaster — Japan Nuclear Expert: It’s getting worse… People all over world need to be informed… first case in history where so much contaminated water flowing in ocean

It is already the WORST mega nuclear disaster in human history, but has been downplayed and minimized; 'experts' claim it is only 10% of Chernobyl. To find out the truth, go through this site, or click on link below..

I know. Thank you new york times, for all your tireless work in the past2.5 years to keep everybody informed! And for reporting, as recently as JUST YESTERDAY how the new generation of nuclear power plants are the solution to our environmental problems.

The world needs to stage an intervention in Japan and put together an international think tank of engineers, etc. to come up with EVERY possible solution. This should have been done immediately after 3/11/11. We may be too late, but the world has to take this out of the hands of the ass-covering, self-absorbed, greedy TEPCO and the Japanese government.

The nuclear experts that have been trying to warn them and help them have been knocking on the door and were refused entry. They are still persona non grata.

The GOOD nuclear engineers that warned them either quit or were fired. Will they hire them back?

When you get a divorce, it is hard to come back to the ex and say that you really do need them..

How are they going to get through this one?

Will they go to the 'enemy' and ask for help?

Time will tell…

They can start with Arnie Gunderson, Kaku, a few whistleblower MD's, and others like this, who deserve lots of credit for bringing this disaster to the world's attention, but got zero pay and no credit for doing so.

The names of those with who they should consult, and hire, are obvious to many of us as well as you, despite your specious denial; your feigned ignorance exposes your gatekeeper and disinformation role, designed to obscure both the corporate and state origins of the
world-threatening disaster, as well as the available expert corporate sources of solution, to wit, the various multi-national EU financial, technical and engineering entities now ready and preparing to contain the Chernobyl unit 4 so that the chosen American company can undertake
the decontamination that will finally bring Europe and the world to a place of safety from Chernobyl contamination.

How ironic, and tragic, that these bold, innovative thinkers and doers, will have accomplished Chernobyl decontamination, only to see the world lost to a second contamination resulting from corporate, state and nuclear authority negligence regarding Fukushima.

Another heroic financial and engineering containment and reprocessing project such as Chernobyl's, could have earlier been undertaken to prevent the impending FDNPP world ELE threat; financial and corporate interests such as those you and other 'authorities' represent,
unfortunately, have rendered such remedies, and a stick-save, Chernobyl-like-Novarka-Arch prevention of world contamination, beyond reach:

Not to be repetitive, I recommend Amb. Kennedy advise PM Abe that they are "inviting" the following contractors. Our Best and biggest – Bechtel, CE, GE, Westinghouse, Babcock & Wilcox, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge. It's going to take everyone together working ASAP.
Get Exxon to donate spare tankers and empty the horribly ill conceived tank farm.
We also need to involve China & Russia for material support as well as political stability
As leverage? U.S. Pulls out of Japan – All bases, Systems and personnel. Best of luck with the Chinese and North Koreans as they are really unhappy with you now. Now, Prime Minister, Sir. May we help? … or something like that.

Gradual conditioning of the unwashed masses (99%). Goebbels and other "social engineers" developed very detailed timelines as to how to most effectively boil the social frog / sheeple. Boil the frog too quickly & he'll jump from the kettle. Jump the sheep too soon & it'll learn the sound of a zipper & you'll be wearing a kilt for life.

Why oh why isn't this all over the US news save a NYT article here and there? Excuses if this is a dumb question but I am new here. Currently learning all there is to learn about this and I am extremely pissed……

Regarding GE: I have read repeatedly that the company knew very well that the design of GE reactors used at Fukushima Dai Ichi was defective and dangerous. On that basis, the slogan for GE should not be, "we bring good things to life." It should be, "we put all life to death."

Too little tooooo late, the beginning of the food chain has been tainted for over 2 years now, the major powers of the world SHOULD(but in reality wont) have a lot to answer for at the end if not near the end of things….. TEPCO is just one…

Or Mt. Fuji going off with 6 blobs of corium hurtling into downtown Toky-uh-oh.

No disrespect intended toward the people, except the gangsters running what's left of the island. Great people run by a small group of tyrants. When Fuku happens in the US instead of handling it initially in a decent civilized manner like the Japanese there will be rioting and nationwide retail theft. Won't take long after there isn't a live birth on the west coast for everyone to figure out what's going on.

You are correct in relation to the people, some of the most stellar and disciplined people of the world….. only downside is the subservient behavior to authority whether they are wrong or right… a shame.

"…at least one leaky tank is JUST TOO CLOSE to the 12 wells that TEPCO has dug for the groundwater bypass plan, to intercept and draw uncontaminated groundwater before it hits the reactor buildings."http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/08/leak-of-300-tonne-ro-waste-water-at.html
Here is a map of the 12 Groundwater Extraction Wells behind and uphill from Reactors1-4. These wells are part of the Pump&Dump Plan, with the Impermeable Wall blocking contaminated water from entering the Pacific, and with the Wells pumpimg out uncontaminated groundwater uphill from the reactors, and dumping this water into the Pacific.
Arnie Gundersen warned TEPCO that groundwater had to be blocked from entering the FDNPP, and that a Closed Loop Heat Sink had to be installed to cool the molten fuel. Instead of building the Impermeable Wall completely around Reactors1-4, TEPCO tried to do it on the cheap, by building half a wall. NOTHING blocks the INFLOW of 1,000 tonnes of groundwater per day into the site. And, worse, the 12 wells they drilled to extract uncontaminated groundwater may now only be able to pump contaminated water out of the ground. Way to go TEPCO!
Many have now called for TEPCO to begin filling Offshore tankers with contaminated water, then treating and dumping this water far out to sea. This seems to me to be the only alternative to the STUPID TANK PLAN they are now following. Soon, there will be 50 or 100 leaking tanks and ponds.

Admn.: I see you are still having problems. Denial of Service attacks? Whatever. Keep up the good fight.

You might consider trusting ENEnews to a big outfit, with a big IT department, capable of fighting back. Or, use mirror sites to protect you. May be just be worth the cost, if the attacks continue. Love, PhilipUpNorth

have noticed site won't load…
i'm thinking it's govt intervention of some sort
the timing of news sources finally speaking about the horror…
they didn't know we'd make it out…
so they are riding side saddle…

also it's interesting how the news sources chime in on the same
theme…leaking tanks…all so cleanly coordinated…
japan says leaks NYT says leaks…leaks leaks…
when so many here, myself also, contemplate
a breach of some kind with Unit 4…
if they have increased levels then it has to come from something
that CAN increase it's level and that would be a source moving
towards criticality as it increases in heat…well i'm no
engineer…

also someone noticed that they also use the number three in everything i've noticed it also…would be funny if not so sad…
300T 300,000Ltrs 3 Coriums all on the 3rd month March 2011…
any of course tomorrow we will hear a new three figure…

not being able to access this site provides a real emotional
knowing how important this place is to all of us!
we're cut off from the world if we can't read the comments here!

Wynd, I have been having so much trouble with the ene site today (once it even said that this site does not exist, while the comments still showed up on the right.). It won't load, or it won't open comments, or it won't let me sign in, so I haven't been able to post all day…a post about posting. The administrator said yesterday it was an ene problem…I'm with you…I feel like my life support has been turned off when I can't access this forum…and I'm seeing that as a slight problem…something like addiction. And I'm not kidding. I wonder if others have thoughts on ene as an addiction? …for all the right reasons, burning to know and tell the truth…but a one, constant, never-changing. daily need to be in touch with one another, (neglecting face-to-face interchanges in our lives?) living together in a virtual world.

Fukushima Children Diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer
Tokyo, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina)
After the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, two years ago, 18 children have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer in that region.
The prefectural government is giving medical checkups to all 360,000 children aged 18 or younger in Fukushima to assess the impact of the accident on their health.
According to public broadcaster NHK, another 25 children may suffer this cancer.
Experts said radioactive substances released during the accident can accumulate in children's thyroid glands – increasing the risk of developing cancer, and added they will work on each case separately to go into further details.http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1786441&Itemid=1

"The transition is underway, …the longtime model of utilities supplying power could go the way of Kodak before digital photography changed the photography industry."

"The US is on the path to an era of unconventional fossil fuel production with projected spending on oil sands, fracking and deep-water drilling that is THREE TIMES GREATER than spending on renewables."

Next thing you know they will try to centralize and control the water and food.

I can see someday where you might even PAY for fresh air. Now there's a 'business model' for you.

Colorado has been nuclear free for years. The only nuclear power plant Colorado ever had was Fort Saint Vrain NPP which was a big failure and shut down years ago. But Boulder is trying to be free of coal. The sad thing is that about 40 years ago Boulder voted to have their own electricty company, but the vote failed.

We could view this on a graph, how the entire situation has continuously devolved since 3/11/11. Maybe the horror of the situation kept things that could have happened initially, from happening. Too little, too late, as we have created something that we are unable to respond to in the catastrophic failure mode. I hope that I am wrong.

Fresh leak deepens Fukushima crisis
PUBLISHED AUGUST 22, 2013 The Business Times
BYANTHONY ROWLEY IN TOKYO
Japan's Kyodo news service reported that six more young people from Fukushima prefecture have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer since Japan's worst nuclear accident occurred there in March 2011, bringing to 18 the number of cancer cases among people under 18 at the time of the incident. 25 other cases are also suspected.http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/premium/top-stories/fresh-leak-deepens-fukushima-crisis-20130822

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